Driving to the studio for Saturday riyaaz, an unexpected series of detours turned a familiar route into a moment of reflection. The longer ride stirred questions about direction, relevance, and the uneasy feeling of being off track. Sometimes the path we didn’t plan becomes part of the journey we must learn to trust.
On a Friday morning during riyaaz, I stumbled upon a folder titled “Rejection.” What followed was an unexpected confrontation between self-worth and refusal — and a quiet reframing from “not selected” to “not aligned.”
